Detachable broom-handle.



a J. DEMJEN.

DETACHABLE BROOM HANDLE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.18, 1914.

Patented Aug. 10, 1915.

JOHN DEMJEN, 0F VINTONDALE,

1 OFFTE.

PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO MORRIS MOSKOWITZ, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

DETACHABLE BROOM-HANDLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 10, 1915.

Application filed August 18, 1914. Serial No. 857,367.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN DEMJI JN, citizen of the United States, residing at Vintondale, in the county of Cambria and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Detachable Broom- Handles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in detachable broom handles and has as its primary object to provide a construction whereby the body portion of the broom and the handle may be manufactured and sold independently of each other and wherein a single handle may be repeatedly used, this construction making it unnecessary to discard the handle when the body portion of the broom becomes worn out, necessitating. a purchase of the body portion of the broom only to replace the old one, thus effecting a material saving in cost.

The invention has as a further object to provide a device of this character wherein the handle will firmly engage the body portion of the broom and wherein the said handle may be readily attached to or de tached from the body portion of the broom.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character including a-socket forthe broom handle which will be simple in construction and which may be formed from a suitable blank and wherein the said socket will be firmly held within the body portion of the broom. 1

The invention has as a further object to provide a device of this character wherein a fibrous :lining or packing will be arranged within the socket and disposed to contact,

with the broom handle so that the said handle will not become loose within the socket to'cause a disagreeable rattle in use, or to effect the efficiency of the construction.

lVith these and other objects in view my inventionwill be. more fully described illustrated in the accompanying drawings, -and.

then specifically pointed out in the claims which :are attached to and form a part of this application- Inrthe accompanying drawings :-Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view showing the arrangement of the socket within the body portionof the broom and particularly illus trating the configuration of the said sockets, the broom handle being illustrated as partly broken aiway and in operative engagement within the socket, Fig. 2 is a view showing the blank from which the socket is formed, Flg. 3 is a detail perspective view showing the socket detachedQFig. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken. through the squared portion of the socket and illustrating the broom handle in engagement therein, and Fig. 5 is a top plan view looking .into the socket, the lining being removed, and illustrating the mannerin which the tongues on one end edge of the socket are brought together to form the bottom thereof.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in allthe views of the drawing by the same reference characters.

Referring more particularly to the drawings', I have illustrated in Fig. 1 thereof, my improved socket indicated as a wholeat 10, seated in operative position within a broom head, conventionally shown at- 11. More particularly, said socket includes a jacket 12 which is preferablv formed from a blank of suitable resilient sheet metal, shown in detail in Fig. 2 of the drawing.

As will be observed upon particular reference to Fig. 2, the upper portion 13 of said blank is substantially rectangular and the lower portion ll thereof is tapered toward' its free end.

Formed onthe lower edge of the blank or rather upon the free edge of the lower portion 14 thereof, is a series of transversely spaced tongues 15, the said tongues being preferably tapered toward the free extremities thereof and being substantially V- shaped. p

In forming the jacket 12, the lower portion '14; of the blank is bent upon itself or creased longitudinally along the dotted lines a. a in Fig. 2 of the drawing, said lines of fold being arranged in transverse spaced relation and terminating, at the outer extremity of the portion 1a of the blank, at the intersection of the side edges of the tongues 15. The longitudinal edges of the blank are then brought together to overlap each other as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing, and it will be observed that the portions of the blank defined by the folds a, a provide sides 16 having fiat inner faces, the said sides extending at substantially right angles to each other.

At the upper terminal of the portion 14 of the blank, the said blank is preferably within the crossed or folded transversely as indicated by the lines Z) Z) in Fig. 2, the said folds in the finished jacket defining the upper termi nal of each of the sides 16. Since the upper portion 13 of the blank is without folds, the said portion provides the cylindrical upper portion 17 of the jacket. It will be observed that the squared portion 18 of the jacket formed by the fiat sides 16, extends throughout the major portion of the length of the jacket and tapers toward its free end or toward the inner extremity of the socket 10.

The overlapping longitudinal edges of the blank forming the jacket 12 may be secured tog-ether in any suitable manner and after the said edges have been brought together, the tongues 15 are bent inwardly toward each other along the lines of fold c c in Fig. 2 of the drawings, to form the bottom Wall of the socket. The position of said tongues, when so folded, is best shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings, it being observed that the said tongues are so formed that when bent inwardly, as just above described, that they completely close the inner end of the socket. The jacket thus formed is preferably arranged within the head 11 of the broom as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, to provide a socket, with the squared tapered portion thereof seated medially within the core 19 of the body portion of the broom, and with the cylindrical portion 17 projecting a slight distance above the upper reduced neck 20 of the said body portion. As usual, in broom construction, the core 19 is wrapped with wire as shown in the drawing, so that the inner tapered extremity of the socket is held firmly within the core while the neck 20 is also similarly wrapped circumferentially with wire and thus, the upper cylindrical portion of the socket is held firmly within the neck.

Mounted within the socket 10 is a preferably fibrous packing or lining 21, which may be formed of heavy paper or any other suitable material and which is so formed as to conform to the shape of the socket, the said lining being disposed to contact with the portion of the broom handle engaging within the socket, as will be presently described, to provide a bearing therefor, between the walls of the said socket.

Detachably engaging, at one extremity, socket 10 is a broom handle 22, the portion of the said handle contiguous with the cylindrical portion 17 of the socket being cylindrical to engage firmly therein and the adjacent terminal of the said handle contiguous to the squared portion 18 of the socket being provided with flat side faces 23 extending at substantially right angles to each other and being tapered toward its free end to engage firmly within the tapered inner extremity of the socket.

A secure connection is thus provided between the body portion of the broom and the handle 22, and it will be observed that the lining 21 provides a cushioning element between the handle and the walls of the socket 10. The parts are thus prevented from becoming loose, in practical use, such as would allow for the movement of the inner extremity of the handle 22 within the socket to cause rattling or to affect the eiiiciency of the construction.

The inner tapered extremity 23 of the handle 22 is disposed to seat against the bottom wall of the socket as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and for positively maintaining said handle in engagement within the socket, I provide a screw or other suitable fastening means 24 which is disposed to extend loosely through a suitable aperture 25 formed in the socket 10 adjacent the upper extremity thereof to engage the handle, the said screw extending through the lining 21 and also tending to hold the said lining in position within the socket. By this con struction, it will be observed that the screw 24: may be readily removed, when it is desired to remove the handle 22, when the said handle may be easily detached from the body portion of the broom.

From the above description, it will be seen that the body portion of the broom carrying my improved socket may be readily manufactured and sold independently of the broom handle, and that the said handle may be repeatedly employed in connection with different brooms so manufactured. Thus, when the body portion of the broom has become worn out, the handle may be detached therefrom to be subsequently attached to a new broom, and a consequent saving in expense is thus effected. It will further be seen that I provide a very efficient form of socket, which may be readily con structed from a suitable blank and which may be readily arranged in operative position within the body portion of the broom in the manufacture thereof. Furthermore, the socket is adapted to firmly support the handle therein with the inner end of the handle normally abutting the bottom wall of the socket while the flat faces 23 of the tapered inner extremity of the handle will engage the flat side walls 16 of the tapered inner extremity of the socket to prevent the handle 22 from turning within the socket.

Itwill further be seen that I employ a conventional type of fastening means for positively maintaining the inner extremity of the handle in engagement with the inner extremity of the socket and that the said fastening means may be readily removed to permit the handle to be either attached to or detached from the body portion of the broom with facility.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Pat cut is 1. A socket for broom handles including a body portion cylindrical throughout a portion of its length and having its Walls squared and tapered for another portion of its length toward one extremity of the socket, the said socket being adapted to receive a broom handle cylindrical adjacent one extremity and provided with an adjacent squared tapered terminal, thecylindrical portion of the handle engaging within the cylindrical portion of the socket and the tapered terminal thereof engaging within the squared tapered extremity of the said socket.

2. A socket for broom handles including a bodv portion cylindrical throughout a portion' of its length and having its walls squared and tapered for another portion of its length toward one extremity of the socket, and a fibrous lining arranged within the socket, the said socket being adapted'to receive abroom handle cylindrical adjacent one extremity and provided with an adjacent squared tapered terminal, the cylindrical portion of the handle engaging within the cylindrical portion of the socket, and the tapered terminal thereof, engaging the squared tapered extremity of the socket.

3. A socket for broom handles including a body portion, and tongues carried by the body portion and closing one end thereof, the said socket being adapted to receive one extremity of a handle to abut said tongues.

4. A socket for broom handles'inc'ludinga member having a cylindrical portion and a portion provided with angularly disposed walls, and a tongue projecting into one end; of the body member, the said socket being adapted to receive a handle having a cylindrical portion and a portion provided -"tli'" angularly disposed Walls, the cylindri- T portion of the handle engaging within th cylindrical portion of the socket and the 'pontionfof the handle provided with the angularly disposed walls engaging within tlig poil'tion of the socket provided with an adgf-ptedlto engage the handle for limiting tlilhandle in its movement into the socket.

{51f Asocket for broom handles including a body member having a cylindrical portion and? agf non-cylindrical portion, coacting tongues projecting transversely of the socket atfflone'iend thereof, the said socket being adaptedgl to receive a handle having a cylindrical portion and a non-cylindrical portionf, the cylindrical portion of the handle engaging Within the cylindrical portion of tliisockiet and the non-cylindrical portion of theg-l' han'dle engaging within the non-cylindrical portion of the socket with the said tongues -adapted to engage the handle for lighting the handle in its movement into the SOQket.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

I 7 JOHN DEMJEN. [L. s.]

- Witnesses:

J as. BERES, MIKE Balms.

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